Thanks for doing these videos. Very informative and interesting. We live near all these areas and have visited each over the years. We love geology and your videos have answered many questions that we’ve had.
I visited that Park last week. It was one of the best I've ever seen. It was even more enjoyable since I saw videos by you and others explaining what formed the landscape. Thank you!
Wonderful informative walk through the tube. I have been fortunate to have visited a few lava tubes/tunnels and this video helps me understand them better, they are so spectacular.
That last volcano in Iceland was amazing to watch online. I watched many hours of that event and learned a lot just through observation. It helped to have charts showing recent activity and we could see trends in the cycles over time.
I have been watching a compilation of cave videos, and as soon as this video started I recognized your voice, haha. I guess you know your teaching is effective when your students loop back to it a few years later 😄
If i had not seen it i would of been thinking that the Lava tube would be still full up with cooled solid material and not a hollow tube , Interesting Video, Thank you Shawn
I just discovered your Chanel and needles to say I subscribed. Lol I like how you describe the geology in small sections. Like this video is on the geology of a lava tube. One I watched yesterday was on how the platoues in Saint George formed.
Thanks. Yes, you get it. This is exactly my plan. Present a specific geologic feature or process in ten minutes or less. Thanks for watching and learning with me.
His video are just blooming marvelous . They are so informative about the geology of the places he takes us to, and also geography. But they are also beautiful. Just beautiful to look at, as though a tourist. And for me, this is the only tourism I'll be doing. I have a genetic neurological ailment. I spend 99% of my life on my back with my legs and head propped up. I hold a mouse in one hand, and can see my PC screen. Videos like this allow me to tour the world and learn about it. It is fantastic, and I am fantastically lucky that I get to do this.
Wow, thanks for your kind compliment and sharing. I am so happy to bring some knowledge and joy to you and others. Best wishes and thanks for your loyal viewership.
Such a nice trip! I love going with you and being safe at home.😂❤ I never knew so much about Idaho until I found you. I was there once on vacation to fish and it was so beautiful 🤩🤩🤩. I loved it. But you bring a whole new meaning to the name Idaho, for me !!!👍👍👍👍 The lava hanging overhead reminded me of Pillow Lava.😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤ So pretty!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I found the multiple levels interesting. I had never known that could happen. The only lava tube I've been in is Ape Cave at Mt St Helen's. Thanks for the videos.
I enjoy your work and learn from it. I made a small donation to help with the cost of gas, etc. I'll try to give a little more as I go. You're doing good work.
The molten walls,stalactites, stalagmites,vescules and blue minerals in this video is almost exactly what I have. The "corundum conundrum" (my pet name for this geological mystery), is very close to being identified. I will add a few more details. 😉 The entire structure looks like a marbled crumble coffecake infused with the metals and then drizzled with a confectionery icing also containing the minerals and crystals. I believe you are on point. The visual aids are extremely helpful. I am more of a hands-on practical type than a theoretical one. Of course I do love engaging in speculation and conjecture. What is your consensus at this stage? Speculation and conjecture is also welcome.
I would love to find one of these. I do find lots of a scoria type basalt with finger sized drip fingers and vitreous textures on the surface. I have a claim on a volcano that is basically unstudied.
It is neat going through lava fields that are not that old. Here in New Mexico we have some 3,000 year old lava flows, Zuni-Banderas up near Grants with tubes that spelunkers like to squeeze through. The 50 mile long Carrizozo lava field that erupted from a single cone over an estimate of 30 years in 3250 BC. Older age dates had it as only 2000 years old instead of the 5200 years from surface exposure dating of the lava. It does appear older than 2000 yo when you look at it up close*. There are some interesting caves at the Carrizozo lava field that include gypsum. A quick look at Google Earth shows the extent of the lava flow creeping down toward the gypsum white sand of White Sands National Park. It is the only NP I'm aware of that gets closed down periodically for missile tests. Here is an old PDF on lava caves in New Mexico you might find interesting Shawn. www.vulcanospeleology.org/sym06/ISV6x13.pdf *I'm not a geologist, I'm an organic chemist and bio/engineer, but the older dates given from this surface exposure methodology I believe has some serious issues. If you look at some of the way out there dates like Amboy Crater in CA. where they changed it from early Holocene and pushed it back into the Pleistocene. I've been there and the lava and crater area is not 80,000 years old. Wikipedia says it is a dormant volcano that had a lava lake 10,000 years ago and its last eruption. I cannot find the reference listed for that. Using the same method they gave an old date to SP Volcano in AZ when a simple look at its lava flow shows it just erupted one to two thousand years ago at most. Look at the Lavic Lake and Pisgah Crater area of CA. and from the satellite you see areas darker and more recent than the 25,000 yo date and even in the GVP summary they say there is a newer looking, but undated area by Sunshine Crater. I wonder about dates from methods other than tree rings and Carbon 14 dates. For years Amboy Crater had a younger date for most of the lava flows, but suddenly they're 80,000 yo? I know it is in the desert, but it still gets windy and those flows if that old should have a considerable amount of sand and vegetation.
Thanks, now about the substitution of titanium for iron in the magnetite, when this rock was still molten, does the titanium and iron trade places or was the titanium always in the liquid form of the magnetite? This could be a question for a geochemist!
I had to stop the video while you are pointing out the cracks in the ceiling to ask; how fast can you run? Seriously, I do wonder if that should be open to the public...
I learn so much from you, So what titanium mineral colors the titanium in the basaltic lava blue?... and is Blue Dragon lava found elsewhere, or is the name unique to the Craters Of The Moon?
@@shawnwillsey yup, that got me started, makes me wonder if the blue that is found in freshly excavated cinder ash is simisar... But sadly those colors oxidize all too soon.
Sorry, but you need to be much better equipped in the lighting department! Love your presentations, your effort, your enthusiasm, the passion, trying to answer the questions!
Thanks for doing these videos. Very informative and interesting. We live near all these areas and have visited each over the years. We love geology and your videos have answered many questions that we’ve had.
Awesome. Keep watching. I love doing these and hearing from folks.
I visited that Park last week. It was one of the best I've ever seen. It was even more enjoyable since I saw videos by you and others explaining what formed the landscape. Thank you!
Awesome! Glad the video helped make your visit even better.
young basaltic lava in southern idaho is my favorite!!!
Really enjoying your videos on Idaho geology, thank you for making this!
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Wonderful informative walk through the tube. I have been fortunate to have visited a few lava tubes/tunnels and this video helps me understand them better, they are so spectacular.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for everything you do to bring geology to all people with your excellent livestreams and educational videos
That last volcano in Iceland was amazing to watch online. I watched many hours of that event and learned a lot just through observation. It helped to have charts showing recent activity and we could see trends in the cycles over time.
I have been watching a compilation of cave videos, and as soon as this video started I recognized your voice, haha. I guess you know your teaching is effective when your students loop back to it a few years later 😄
Hi Sammi! Hope you are well. You were such a great student. Thanks for watching.
If i had not seen it i would of been thinking that the Lava tube would be still full up with cooled solid material and not a hollow tube , Interesting Video, Thank you Shawn
Was flying from Seattle and saw the craters from 35,000 ft …amazing way to see this area!
I just discovered your Chanel and needles to say I subscribed. Lol I like how you describe the geology in small sections. Like this video is on the geology of a lava tube. One I watched yesterday was on how the platoues in Saint George formed.
Thanks. Yes, you get it. This is exactly my plan. Present a specific geologic feature or process in ten minutes or less. Thanks for watching and learning with me.
Excellent tour
His video are just blooming marvelous . They are so informative about the geology of the places he takes us to, and also geography. But they are also beautiful. Just beautiful to look at, as though a tourist. And for me, this is the only tourism I'll be doing.
I have a genetic neurological ailment. I spend 99% of my life on my back with my legs and head propped up. I hold a mouse in one hand, and can see my PC screen. Videos like this allow me to tour the world and learn about it. It is fantastic, and I am fantastically lucky that I get to do this.
Wow, thanks for your kind compliment and sharing. I am so happy to bring some knowledge and joy to you and others. Best wishes and thanks for your loyal viewership.
Had no idea in Idaho. Very interesting how it looks fresh but thousands of years old.
Such a nice trip! I love going with you and being safe at home.😂❤ I never knew so much about Idaho until I found you. I was there once on vacation to fish and it was so beautiful 🤩🤩🤩. I loved it. But you bring a whole new meaning to the name Idaho, for me !!!👍👍👍👍 The lava hanging overhead reminded me of Pillow Lava.😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤ So pretty!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I found the multiple levels interesting. I had never known that could happen. The only lava tube I've been in is Ape Cave at Mt St Helen's. Thanks for the videos.
Crazy that young lavas would come up through a very old Yellowstone caldera
Thank you - thank you - I asked for more. Craters OTM and got it - thank you thank you - I was there with the last of the mammoths!
Keep up the good work!
Love that term "thermal erosion"
COOL👍👍 Thanks!!
Thanks!
I live a couple of hours from there. Road trip!
I enjoy your work and learn from it. I made a small donation to help with the cost of gas, etc. I'll try to give a little more as I go. You're doing good work.
Thanks so much for your kind words and donation. I’m so glad you enjoy these.
Dang, it really looks like these very young lava flows in Hawaii and Iceland
Wow!!!
Very different surfaces than Lava Beds in CA. Much rougher.
The second opening looks eerily similar to a Doline.
I better not get the corona watching this. Also nicely done
The molten walls,stalactites, stalagmites,vescules and blue minerals in this video is almost exactly what I have. The "corundum conundrum" (my pet name for this geological mystery), is very close to being identified.
I will add a few more details. 😉
The entire structure looks like a marbled crumble coffecake infused with the metals and then drizzled with a confectionery icing also containing the minerals and crystals.
I believe you are on point.
The visual aids are extremely helpful. I am more of a hands-on practical type than a theoretical one. Of course I do love engaging in speculation and conjecture.
What is your consensus at this stage? Speculation and conjecture is also welcome.
Any idea? A giant tube later filled in by multiple eruptions?
I would love to find one of these. I do find lots of a scoria type basalt with finger sized drip fingers and vitreous textures on the surface. I have a claim on a volcano that is basically unstudied.
Have you visited the Dead Horse Cave and the Tea Kettle Cave northwest of Gooding?
May do a video there this spring so stay tuned.
It is neat going through lava fields that are not that old. Here in New Mexico we have some 3,000 year old lava flows, Zuni-Banderas up near Grants with tubes that spelunkers like to squeeze through. The 50 mile long Carrizozo lava field that erupted from a single cone over an estimate of 30 years in 3250 BC. Older age dates had it as only 2000 years old instead of the 5200 years from surface exposure dating of the lava. It does appear older than 2000 yo when you look at it up close*. There are some interesting caves at the Carrizozo lava field that include gypsum. A quick look at Google Earth shows the extent of the lava flow creeping down toward the gypsum white sand of White Sands National Park. It is the only NP I'm aware of that gets closed down periodically for missile tests. Here is an old PDF on lava caves in New Mexico you might find interesting Shawn.
www.vulcanospeleology.org/sym06/ISV6x13.pdf
*I'm not a geologist, I'm an organic chemist and bio/engineer, but the older dates given from this surface exposure methodology I believe has some serious issues. If you look at some of the way out there dates like Amboy Crater in CA. where they changed it from early Holocene and pushed it back into the Pleistocene. I've been there and the lava and crater area is not 80,000 years old. Wikipedia says it is a dormant volcano that had a lava lake 10,000 years ago and its last eruption. I cannot find the reference listed for that.
Using the same method they gave an old date to SP Volcano in AZ when a simple look at its lava flow shows it just erupted one to two thousand years ago at most.
Look at the Lavic Lake and Pisgah Crater area of CA. and from the satellite you see areas darker and more recent than the 25,000 yo date and even in the GVP summary they say there is a newer looking, but undated area by Sunshine Crater. I wonder about dates from methods other than tree rings and Carbon 14 dates. For years Amboy Crater had a younger date for most of the lava flows, but suddenly they're 80,000 yo? I know it is in the desert, but it still gets windy and those flows if that old should have a considerable amount of sand and vegetation.
Thanks, now about the substitution of titanium for iron in the magnetite, when this rock was still molten, does the titanium and iron trade places or was the titanium always in the liquid form of the magnetite? This could be a question for a geochemist!
I had to stop the video while you are pointing out the cracks in the ceiling to ask; how fast can you run? Seriously, I do wonder if that should be open to the public...
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Im kind of surprised they let the general public into the tubes with so much evidence of past collapses.
I learn so much from you, So what titanium mineral colors the titanium in the basaltic lava blue?... and is Blue Dragon lava found elsewhere, or is the name unique to the Craters Of The Moon?
I think it is titanium that substitutes for some iron atoms in magnetite. This should help: www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/bluedragon.htm
@@shawnwillsey yup, that got me started, makes me wonder if the blue that is found in freshly excavated cinder ash is simisar... But sadly those colors oxidize all too soon.
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Have you been to the lava tubes near Fillmore utah?
Nope.
I really enjoy your informative videos. Just wondering... do you have allergy problems?
Sorry, but you need to be much better equipped in the lighting department! Love your presentations, your effort, your enthusiasm, the passion, trying to answer the questions!
I'm an armchair amateur with a busy day job so I do the best I can and am slowly trying to improve. Thanks for your patience.
Are there any signs of the native Americans who may have moved through this area?
Thanks!
Much appreciated. Thanks.